OVp106N Ethics-lecture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Slavomír Lesňák, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Jemelka, Dr.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to help students gain insight into current ethical theories in connection with the contemporary moral problems of contemporary society.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to: - to perceive different ethical contexts of contemporary problems - to make reasoned decisions on specific moral problems - to show an overview of current ethical theories - compare contemporary ethical theories to solving a particular problem
Syllabus
  • 1) The crisis and morality. 2) Example of failure of modernism - Nazism , Communism . The question of guilt by K. Jaspers. 3) Humanistic morality and conscience (E.Fromm). 4) Postmodernism and moral crisis. 5) Feminist ethics. 6) Professional ethics. The Ethics of Teaching. 7) Business Ethics. 8) Bioethics. 10) Ethics of technology. 11) Political ethics. The ethics of war. 12) Moral issues in fiction.
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar.
Assessment methods
The fulfilling requirements of this course is a) a written essay (at least 7 pages), based on two books from the list; b) active participation in class (project, presentation, discussion).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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